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City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole Minutes January 13, 2020, 2:00 PM Mayor Seth Fleetwood Contact: (360) 778-8200, ccmail@cob.org Council Members, Hannah Stone, Chair www.cob.org/council Daniel Hammill, Pinky Vargas All meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers at 210 Lottie Street, Bellingham, WA, unless otherwise noted. Call to Order Roll Call Council Standing Committee Meetings: Open to the public to attend. Note: there is generally no public comment period for Committee sessions. Standing Committee Members receive reports and information, ask questions and, when appropriate, vote on a recommended action for consideration by the full Council at the Regular Meeting. The notice of Committee Meetings identified below also serves as notice of Special Meetings of the City Council at the times identified as Council Members who are not members of the committee routinely attend and participate in the Committee Meetings. Committee Chairs give a report of the Committee Meeting at the Regular Meeting in the evening prior to deliberation and formal vote in the order shown below: Committee Of The Whole Gene Knutson, Chair Hannah Stone, Daniel Hammill, Pinky Vargas, Lisa Anderson, Michael Lilliquist, Hollie Huthman Please be advised that if the City Council is ahead of schedule, they may start with old/new business before the official Committee of the Whole meeting time. 1. Approval of City Council Committee and/or Special Meeting Minutes There were no minutes for approval. 2. Old/New Business Councilmember Hammill requested 30-minute discussion of the 2020 priorities for the Public Health, Safety, and Justice Committee. He also mentioned he is the Council liaison to the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force and that he sits as the co-chair for the Behavioral Health Subcommittee. He asked the Mayor for an evaluation of training protocols for the surrounding small cities and Whatcom County behavioral health officers at the February 24th meeting. He also wanted to inform Council that he will serve as a panelist for HB Committee Of The Whole Minutes Page 1 January 13, 2020  1590 as one of the experts on housing through the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance. He also has worked for a year and a half with Legislative Analyst Mark Gardner on a single use plastics ban. He will be reaching out to businesses to understand the potential impacts of such a ban. He has also asked a group representing folks with disabilities to come forward and be a part of the discussion on the potential single use plastics ban as it relates to using straws for folks that have mobility issues. He has been able to secure four folks who are stakeholders who represent those populations. He will bring this item forward for further discussion at a later Council meeting. Councilmember Vargas wanted to remind everyone that Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and asked Legislative Assistant Monea Kerr to share about the City sponsored event at the Mount Baker Theatre. Councilmember Lilliquist mentioned the Accessibility Etiquette Training. Legislative Assistant Monea Kerr will schedule this training for Council. Adjournment Committee of the Whole adjourned to Executive Session at 2:06 PM to discuss the following items: 1. Litigation: Morales v. City of Bellingham et al. (Brady, approx. 15 mins) 2. Litigation: Smith v. City of Bellingham and Brooks Laughlin (Brady, approx. 15 mins) 3. Litigation: Young v. Pena, City of Bellingham et al. (Brady, approx. 5 mins) 4. Potential Property Acquisition (Stamps, approx. 3 mins) 5. Potential Property Acquisition (Stamps, approx. 3 mins) 6. Potential Property Acquisition (Stamps, approx. 3 mins) 7. Potential Property Acquisition (Stamps, approx. 3 mins) Council President Gene Knutson reconvened Committee of the Whole to adjourn at 3:55 PM. Committee Of The Whole Minutes Page 2 January 13, 2020